Behind every great health care institution are community partners and friends willing to invest in a mission dedicated to life. These partners and friends are the heart, lifeline and soul of each institution.
Building the Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center will depend on the continuing philanthropic support of donors who in this spirit believe UCSD is armed to triumph in the future.
Ways to give
Planned Giving:
If you are wondering whether a planned gift is the right option for you, you've found the perfect starting point. The links below provide useful information about ways to give to the Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center at UC San Diego through a planned gift - a legacy that creates a lasting impact on our students, faculty and researchers, all of whom carry forth the vision of excellence that is the hallmark of our founders and supporters.
Our planned giving staff is made up of professionals who understand the many ways to help you reach your philanthropic and financial goals.
UCSD CARES Program:
Want to give a gift in honor of a UCSD physician, nurse or other staff member who has provided exceptional service? You can do so with CARES (Clinical Advancement & Recognition of Excellence in Service).
Tax-free IRA Gifts:
The charitable IRA legislation is back for a repeat performance—don't miss this second-chance opportunity to make tax-free gifts from your IRA!
There's good news for individuals aged 70½ or older with individual retirement accounts. Thanks to the extended charitable IRA legislation, you can once again make outright gifts using IRA funds without tax complications.
If you are required to receive minimum distributions from your IRA and you do not need the money for personal use, consider using those funds as a charitable gift. While you cannot claim a charitable deduction for the IRA gifts, you will not pay income tax on the amount.
You may contribute funds this way if:
- You are 70½ or older
- Your IRA gifts total $100,000 or less each year in 2008 and 2009
- You transfer funds directly from an IRA
- You transfer the gifts outright to one or more public charities (This excludes gifts made to charitable trusts, donor advised funds and supporting organizations.)
Benefits:
- In most cases, the transfer counts toward your minimum required distributions.
- The gift generates neither taxable income nor a tax deduction, so even those who do not itemize their tax returns receive the benefit.
- You may transfer up to $100,000 directly from your IRA in 2008 and 2009.
- The distributions may be in addition to or fulfill any charitable giving you have already planned.
Be sure to contact tax professionals and your IRA administrator if you are considering a gift under this law. Qualifying gifts require that donors cannot receive benefits or perks in exchange for their gifts.
Give Directly to Sulpizio Center Now:
The Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center invites you to become a partner, to help pick up the pace, to launch UCSD’s Cardiovascular Center into the future. Help us conquer heart disease; invest in life.
Gifts can be made in the form of cash, stocks, securities, charitable remainder trusts and/or other types of planned gifts. The SFCVC will provide recognition opportunities for contributions including named departments, treatment and research facilities, as well as targeted program support.
How Your Gift Will Help
- Gifts will enable the Center to more effectively bridge the gap between discovery and patient care.
- Gifts will subsidize novel research projects, and they will contribute to the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty and staff.
- Most importantly, gifts will help the Center more effectively implement translational research that will in turn, provide patients with a better quality of life.